How do I add ArcGIS Online Content to ArcGIS Explorer

MelanieSeigler — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:33:24 GMT

the help is not helpful. it gets me to ArcGIS.com, but there isn't a description for the steps to put the content back to your ArcGIS Explorer

btw - the link from AGSX goes to the old ArcGIS Online

Re: How do I add ArcGIS Online Content to ArcGIS Explorer

MichaelBranscomb — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:19:06 GMT

There is different types of content on ArcGIS.com so at the current 1200 release, how exactly you add content will depend on what type of content it is. At the imminent 1500 release we have made it much easier to get to ArcGIS.com from inside ArcGIS Explorer allowing you easily search for an add content.

So for the time being, at 1200...

1. Open ArcGIS Explorer
2. Go to ArcGIS.com in an internet browser
3. Identify some content you wish to open
4. Click the "details" link which takes you to a page about that item (e.g. http://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=1975e61a45044d448c132755896bae42).
5. Click the expand button next to "Open" beneath the thumbnail
6. Choose ArcGIS Desktop then when prompted to save or open, click open (alternatively you could save the file to disk)
7. With ArcGIS Explorer already open it will intercept the .pkinfo file and open the content.

Alternatively if you would like to add content that ESRI host, the URL you need to use in ArcGIS Explorer (Add Content > GIS Services > New Server Connection): http://services.arcgisonline.com/ArcGIS/services

As I said - at 1500 this process is much simpler. Unfortunately it's still a few weeks away.

Regards

Mike

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